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15616 HydrocarbonsFig. 16.17According to this molecular orbital picture each carbon-carbon bond in benzene consists of onefull sigma-bond and half a pi-bond. Because of this reason, the carbon-carbon bond length isequal and benzene shows substitution as well as addition reactions.Quick QuizCriticize the following statement:“Benzene is a mixture of molecules most of which have the structure.”Modern Representation of BenzeneWith the help of molecular orbital behaviour weconclude that benzene has a regular hexagonalstructure with an inscribed circle.A hexagon with alternate double and single bonds.or16.7.4. Resonance, Resonance Energy and StabilizationI- Resonance:“The possibility of different pairing schemes of valence electrons of atom is calledresonance” and the different structures thus arranged are called “Resonance Structures”.Explanation:The resonance is represented by a double-headed arrow e.g. the following different pairingschemes of the fourth valence (the p-electrons) of carbon atoms are possible in benzene. Thisgives the following resonatingstructures of benzene: (a), (b) wereproposed by Kekule and c, d, e wereproposed by Dewar. The stability of amolecule increases with increase in thenumber of its resonance structures.

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